The Joker, The Police

[rdhopkins2]

So, you go to a dress up party in King St, Melbourne dressed as The Joker. As part of your costume you have a replica plastic gun. Police enter the party after reports of a man with a gun.

Do you:-
A) Pull the gun out and point it at police.
B) Keep your hands away from your body and explain that this is a misunderstanding and allow the police to reach for the gun and examine it.

Allegedly A happened today.
http://www.news.com.au/national/vic...b/news-story/b865dfd7f84a080ee78566e09d7f1bdb

 

[Catfish Alley]

Yeah, it's almost like he was on drugs on King St at 3am.

 

[Cleavy]

must be the modern Joker? (I'm well out of the loop on recent Batman) I don't recall Cesar Romero using a gun in his portrayal of the character?

 

[Off The Couch]

B


Why on earth would you pull the gun out and point it directly at police in these trigger happy times


I wonder who called the police in the first place if it had been cleared by security in the first place unless of course they've shot the wrong gun carrying guy

 

[Bluelegs]

You know what they say about a man's gun...

Seriously though, hope the guy makes a full recovery. Terrible misunderstanding.

 

[Wosh]

Cucksen

 

[Gough]

Vic police, heroes of the hour again.

 

[Hamingja]

Vic police, heroes of the hour again.

"A number of police options were used after he was shot."

Bizarre quote.

Dumb * thing for the guy to do for sure.

Unless the guy is a violent offender known to police at the scene then surely the context of the situation should have jumped out and slapped the police in the face. Geez.

The woman that got shot is going to have a good pay day one suspects. Like winning tattslotto style

 

[rdhopkins2]

My guess is he's gone to the toilet or outside for a smoke and someone not part of the event has seen the gun and called 000.

The Joker, clearly not thinking straight pulls the gun on police.

If you're the police officer, you don't have a heap of time to assess whether it's real or fake. A dark bar scenario wouldn't aid identification.

Can hardly blame the policeman in this situation.

That said I hope The Joker makes a speedy recovery.

 

[Gough]

Just remember folks, when you're too dumb for the cops, you end up in the army. Stay in school kids.

 

[Jobe Watson]

Yeah... zero sympathy for the guy. You'd have to be a complete moron in this day and age to carry a gun around a venue that isn't clearly marked as fake. And then to point it at police officers? Dumdumdumdumdum.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Just remember folks, when you're too dumb for the cops, you end up in the army. Stay in school kids.

Wait for details I guess but I think this joker would have been shot trying that in most cities.

 

[Gough]

I don't even understand why the rozzers in this country are armed.

 

[Plugger35]

Police had to act before he killed the Batman.

 

[edgie]

As an amateur film maker that often finds myself with pretend guns in public places (and sometimes real knives - honestly easier to get a hold of than fake ones), what a ******* idiot if he's pulled it out and aimed at a copper.

Of course, he may have been playing and that the police weren't real, and also costumed, but gee, you just can't take that chance.

It's also poor form by the coppers too. A shitshow all round. Hope everyone makes a full recovery.

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[IKnowtheDog]

More importantly what type of party was this? Compromising situation when police raided'.

 

[DroopStDanny]

Once again, Bob Dylan has proven himself to be the world's greatest prophet.

There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief
There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief.

 

[Catfish Alley]

More importantly what type of party was this? Compromising situation when police raided'.

It's a city nightclub at 3am. They often have undercover police on the inside.

 

[SugarShane]

Seems fair to me. A cop's going to trust his life on second hand info that the gun is a toy? Not likely. Dude got told to drop it and didn't so you get a free bullet.

 

[BuddysBiggestFan]

It was a Saints and Sinners ball so he was probably banging his missus at the time.

Pretty sure the news reports were saying he was dead this morning, now he is in a non life threatening condition.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/la...d Sun&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial

Doesn't look good for the cops. Sounds like they got it all wrong. Trigger happy.

 

[RustyHawk]

The owner of the venue is not going to be making many friends and in fact putting her name and that of Inflation into the back of certain people's minds next time they visit her establishment on an official business.

This is proving the proverb right that says "when there is doubt, there is no doubt!"

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-...-at-melbourne-nightclub-costume-party/8689944

"
Police 'over-reacted', nightclub owner says
Nightclub owner Martha Tsamis said in a statement police had "overreacted" to the report, which she claimed was made anonymously.

She said security staff were not concerned by the man.

"Security verified that a plastic toy accessory was displayed to, and passed by security and this information was given to police on arrival," she said."



These claims repeated on TV. Seems she lodged a complaint about the Police conducting a drug bust last week... I'd steer clear of Inflation Nightclub for a while

 

[BuddysBiggestFan]

The owner of the venue is not going to be making many friends and in fact putting her name and that of Inflation into the back of certain people's minds next time they visit her establishment on an official business

Official Business? It's the biggest shithole of a nightclub on the dodgiest street in Melbourne.

I wouldn't be going anywhere near there. Who knows what you might sit on or rest your arm on.

 

[BuddysBiggestFan]

Pretty embarrassing for the people that got shot too.

Now all their friends and family know that their swingers.

 

[Off The Couch]

https://thewest.com.au/news/austral...after-fake-gun-pulled-on-police-ng-b88531033z


So it seems it wasn't a pistol pointing at the police


The story gets more and more ludicrous by the hour

 

[CrazyJoeFevola]

I think the real story here is that something somehow even filthier than Cloud Nine goes on at Inflation every week